It's true. It's a decent set of stories, although the formula becomes rather more apparent than when they were spaced out in time. It's no HokaHokaHoka?, but it's good.

Sure, it's true, which doesn't mean it's not a candidate...

Used by Al Jaffee as an infamous MAD magazine fold-in, which got the NRA up in arms (so to speak)

Most important in terms of a last straw "right" of defense or right to overthrow oppression by government.

Codified as an "inherent" right in a truly democratic government "by/of/for" the people.

Yes, that's right. When government oppresses you... arm the bears.

Hmmm. The Russians are often referred to as "the bear" or just bears. I thought they were already armed.

No No No, bears don't have arms, they have legs. Four of them. Where on their body would they have room to add arms too?

"If you called a dog's tail a leg, how many legs would a dog have? Four, calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg." Abraham Lincoln (sorry, this discussion just reminded me of this quote!) -- BrucePennington